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EP0175609
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| EP0175609 - Transdermal anaesthetic composition for topical use and process for its application [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | Patent revoked Status updated on 16.11.2001 Database last updated on 09.05.2025 | Most recent event Tooltip | 05.10.2005 | Change: Appeal number | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Smith & Nephew PLC Heron House 15 Adam Street London WC2N 6LA / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [2000/26] | For all designated states Smith & Nephew PLC Heron House 15 Adam Street London WC2N 6LA / GB | ||
| Former [1998/05] | For all designated states Smith & Nephew plc 2, Temple Place Victoria Embankment London WC2R 3BP / GB | ||
| Former [1992/46] | For all designated states SMITH & NEPHEW plc 2 Temple Place Victoria Embankment London WC2R 3BP / GB | ||
| Former [1986/13] | For all designated states SOCIETE D'ETUDES SCIENTIFIQUES ET INDUSTRIELLES DE L'ILE-DE-FRANCE 46, Boulevard de Latour-Maubourg F-75340 Paris Cédex 07 / FR | Inventor(s) | 01 /
Woolfson, David 7 Laral Gardens Comté Antrim Newtownnabbeys Irlande du Nord / GB | 02 /
McCafferty, Dermot 50 Casaeldona Rise Belfast Irlande du Nord / GB | [1986/13] | Representative(s) | Gilholm, Stephen Philip, et al Corporate Patents Department Smith & Nephew Group Research Centre York Science Park Heslington York YO1 5DF / GB | [N/P] |
| Former [1995/45] | Gilholm, Stephen Philip, et al Corporate Patents Department Smith & Nephew Group Research Centre York Science Park Heslington York YO1 5DF / GB | ||
| Former [1992/46] | (deleted) | ||
| Former [1992/33] | Thouret-Lemaitre, Elisabeth SYNTHELABO Service Brevets 22, avenue Galilée, B.P. Box 72 F-92352 LE PLESSIS ROBINSON CEDEX / FR | ||
| Former [1986/13] | Gallochat, Alain SOCIETE D'ETUDES SCIENTIFIQUES ET INDUSTRIELLES DE L'ILE DE FRANCE 46, Boulevard de Latour Maubourg F-75340 Paris Cédex 07 / FR | Application number, filing date | 85401721.7 | 05.09.1985 | [1986/13] | Priority number, date | GB19840022759 | 08.09.1984 Original published format: GB 8422759 | [1986/13] | Filing language | FR | Procedural language | FR | Publication | Type: | A2 Application without search report | No.: | EP0175609 | Date: | 26.03.1986 | Language: | FR | [1986/13] | Type: | A3 Search report | No.: | EP0175609 | Date: | 28.01.1987 | Language: | FR | [1987/05] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP0175609 | Date: | 11.03.1992 | Language: | FR | [1992/11] | Search report(s) | (Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on: | EP | 08.12.1986 | Classification | IPC: | A61K47/00, A61K31/245 | [1986/13] | CPC: |
A61K9/0014 (EP);
A61K9/06 (KR);
A61K31/245 (EP);
A61K47/32 (EP);
A61K47/38 (EP);
A61P25/02 (EP)
| Designated contracting states | AT, BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE [1986/13] | Title | German: | Transdermales Anästhetikum zur örtlichen Verwendung und Verfahren zu dessen Anwendung | [1986/13] | English: | Transdermal anaesthetic composition for topical use and process for its application | [1986/13] | French: | Composition anesthésique percutanée pour usage topique et procédé d'application | [1986/13] | Examination procedure | 24.07.1987 | Examination requested [1987/45] | 30.03.1989 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 16.06.1989 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 07.03.1991 | Despatch of communication of intention to grant (Approval: Yes) | 12.09.1991 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 24.10.1991 | Fee for grant paid | 24.10.1991 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
04.12.1992
29.01.1993
ADMISSIBLE AstraZeneca AB 151 85 Södertälje / SE Opponent's representative Almond-Martin, Carol, et al, et al Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A.S. 88, Boulevard des Belges 69452 Lyon Cedex 06 / FR | [N/P] |
| Former [2001/32] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
04.12.1992
29.01.1993
ADMISSIBLE AstraZeneca AB 151 85 Södertälje / SE Opponent's representative Almond-Martin, Carol, et al, et al Ernest Gutmann - Yves Plasseraud S.A., 62 rue de Bonnel 69448 Lyon Cedex 03 / FR | ||
| Former [1993/04] | |||
| Opponent(s) | 01
04.12.1992
29.01.1993
ADMISSIBLE AB Astra S-151 85 Södertälje / SE | 02.02.1993 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | 30.06.1993 | Reply of patent proprietor to notice(s) of opposition | 06.12.1993 | Despatch of a communication from the opposition division (Time limit: M04) | 05.02.1994 | Reply to a communication from the opposition division | 16.03.1995 | Date of oral proceedings | 14.06.1995 | Despatch of minutes of oral proceedings | 28.06.1995 | Despatch of interlocutory decision in opposition | 25.10.2001 | Legal effect of revocation of patent [2002/01] | 25.10.2001 | Despatch of communication that the patent will be revoked | Appeal following opposition | 12.08.1995 | Appeal received No. T0682/95 | 06.11.1995 | Statement of grounds filed | 19.12.2000 | Invitation to file observations in an appeal (Time limit: M06) [2000/52] | 29.06.2001 | Date of receipt of observations in an appeal [2001/26] | 25.10.2001 | Result of appeal procedure: revocation of the patent | 25.10.2001 | Date of oral proceedings | 08.11.2001 | Minutes of the oral proceedings despatched | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 04.09.1987 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 17.08.1988 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 24.08.1989 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 30.08.1990 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 24.10.1991 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | Penalty fee | Penalty fee Rule 85b EPC 1973 | 28.07.1987 | M02 Not yet paid | Additional fee for renewal fee | 30.09.1991 | 07 M06 Fee paid on 24.10.1991 |
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| Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or quality of the data displayed under the link provided lies entirely with the Unified Patent Court. | Lapses during opposition Tooltip | LU | 30.09.1992 | [1999/52] | Documents cited: | Search | [X]US3337406 (DE MARCO PETER T, et al); | [A]DE2413143 (RISCHSKIJ MEDICINSKIJ INST [SU], et al); | [A]EP0002425 (ASTRA LAEKEMEDEL AB [SE]); | [X]DE3234350 (HEMMANN ROLAND) | Examination | - "Pharmazeutische Stoffliste" 7 Auflage, Seite 94 |